Tag: Film
Godzilla: King of the Moe-blobs?
The word “moe” is synonymous with anime girls and a “cutesy” style. But what if this way of thinking is hopelessly flawed? What else can moe look like?
Barbitecture, or, An Alternate Reading of Parody
Attempting to review Barbie invites the question: What does parody mean in the post-ironic era?
Love & Pop & End
Love & Pop is a unique piece of art because it does not present answers, it presents a world too contradictory for any such thing to exist.
Shin Godzilla and the Tyranny of Metaphor
It is true that Godzilla and nuclear disaster are deeply linked. But, simply applying the formula that Godzilla=nuclear weapons would pervert our thinking greatly.
Glass Onion: Chewing on the layers
To cut right to the chase, Glass Onion is less original than Knives Out. However, it finds some stable qualities that allow it to stand up to its predecessor.
Art vs entertainment: Spider-Man and Martin Scorsese
The discussion of the dichotomy between “art” and “entertainment” dates back centuries. Regardless of what one thinks of the artistic value of Marvel’s films, it bares re-examining the question of what separates “art” from “mere entertainment” in the current age.
Boogiepunk and Steampop: How aesthetic can overcome genre
Genre is such a useless framework on its own. Given that it serves as an universal intermediary between societies and their various art forms, you would expect a lot more from it. This has gotten me thinking about alternatives to conventional genre classifications and the appropriate uses for these alternatives.